Geography fair ideas

Please share!Teaching Geography is one of my greatest joys in homeschooling. Ben has been obsessed with maps since preschool. We even took a trip once to San Antonio, Texas because he couldn’t stop talking about the Lone Star State after learning all of the states on his USA map placement. We have loved using maps […]

great idea. Country report on posterboard

Tips to Host a Geography Fair

I just {heart} geography fairs! Our co-op, Treasure Seekers, had its third annual fair a few months ago. My English crew ~ a soccer fan and a king! Many countries were represented (not all are pictured): Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, France, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Ireland, Israel, Switzerland, Ghana, and Madagascar. Switzerland ~ sample chocolates …

Do you need geography project ideas? Here are 60 creative ideas to the rescue! Engage your students with these hands-on geography projects.

Mexico, Canada, England, Finding Dinosaur Bones, Popular Pets Around the World, Animals of Madagascar–we’ve definitely done our share of geography fair projects around here, and there are certain resources we’ve found helpful each time. Here are our top 10 picks! 1. Notebooking Pages Notebooking Pages has a ginormous selection of pages that can be used for a …

Quick and Easy Geography Fair Project - Walking by the Way

Make learning geography fun and exciting for your tween with our amazing activities! From hands-on projects to board games and art projects, here are creative ways to bring this subject to life. Your middle schooler will gain a better understanding of the world, develop thinking skills, and learn about other cultures with these ideas. Explore how easy it is to make middle school geography an exciting subject for tweens & teens!

Learning geography the fun way: we made a puzzle with match boxes. We put flags and curiosities of each country inside them.

Country school project

I mentioned in a previous post that our homeschooling co-op decided to try a geography fair for the first time this year. I know it stretched some of us in ways we didn’t really want to go, but everyone is already talking about "next year"– some of the kids have already claimed their countries! …

Last week we nearly drowned in sap. During the height of our overflow the girls put together and gave a little presentation on Ghana for ...

In third grade our first unit for social studies is a fun one.....geography. The kids get very excited and love to start exploring maps and globes. Take a peek at a few of my favorite classroom activities for geography. I start the year off by introducing interactive notebooks. I explain to my students that these are notebooks that will keep track of our ideas, discoveries and information to help us grow. These are unique in the fact that they are never truly complete, the students learn…